# Prof. Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Righteous Mind," is reviewed

1 Faculty News March 23, 2012 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt.html) -- "In 'The ­Righteous Mind,' [Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) seeks to enrich liberalism, and political discourse generally, with a deeper awareness of human nature. Like other psychologists who have ventured into political coaching, such as George Lakoff and Drew Westen, Haidt argues that people are fundamentally intuitive, not rational."

[Read more](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt.html)

Additional coverage appeared twice in the [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/inside-the-list.html?_r=1), [The New York Times Arts Beat](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/book-review-podcast-jeanette-winterson-on-the-operatic-dimensions-of-her-mother/) blog and [Washington Monthly](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_03/jonathan_haidt_and_our_multipl036286.php).